Calories in Yellow Peppers, Yellow Pepper Nutrition

How many calories in Yellow Peppers? See below, the Yellow Pepper calories for the different serving sizes. We provide you with the Yellow Pepper nutrition facts and the health benefits of Yellow Pepper to help you to lose weight and eat a healthy diet.

The Bell Pepper is also known as Pepper or Capsicum. Bell Peppers are generally available in three colors, green, red and yellow and sometimes orange or even purple. The yellow pepper is sweet tasting and stores well. Consider eating in salads or stir fries to retain their nutrition.

Calories in Yellow Peppers are low. The Yellow Pepper contains more vitamin C than the green variety although not quite as much as the fully ripe red version. But regardless, Bell Peppers are full of vitamins A and C. The yellow variety is also a good source of vitamins B1-B3, B5, B6, B9 (folic acid), beta-carotene, calcium, iron, phosphorus, potassium and many more minerals.

They are thought to help protect against certain cancers given their
high antioxidant content. Other Yellow Pepper benefits include
neutralizing free radicals in the body, and thus considered to help
protect against heart disease.

Percentages are relative to US Recommended Daily Intake (RDI) for adults.

Source: USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference

Author: Lana Soko

Bell Pepper Recipes

Warm Radish and Bell Pepper Salad
This crunchy radish salad provides a good source of vitamin C, is low in
calories, low in carbs, low GI, low sodium and cholesterol. It is
suitable for a healthy heart, gluten free, vegetarian and diabetic diet.